The Rugby Championship kicks off for 2017 this weekend, starting with old foes New Zealand and Australia facing off in a match that doubles as the first of the three-match Bledisloe Cup series. So where will the two matches be played, what time do they kick off, and who will feature?

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Cloke's former coach, Mick Malthouse, on Wednesday backed a move to the Bulldogs as the best decision for the centre half-forward's career.

He believed Cloke would work best in the Luke Beveridge coached team, given the pace at which they move the ball around.

"Travis is the sort of player that needs the ball moved in without everyone jumping all over the top of him," he told RSN Breakfast.

"He's not a big pack marker, he's a very good mark on the lead.

"The Dogs could supply him that space, there's no question about that."

The club will contest their second finals series in succession under Beveridge but go into their campaign as the lowest-ranked scoring team in the top eight.

Jake Stringer, the club's leading goal kicker with 37, has spent the past two weeks in the VFL but looms as a key inclusion when the Bulldogs take on West Coast in next week's elimination final in Perth.

"I think he's gone back (to the VFL) with the right mindset - he's tackled hard and his defensive pressure has been great," Dickson said.

"It's a match committee thing but it would be great to have him back in because he's a special player and he can win games of football."